Category Archives: Town of Oakville

Streetscape Design Survey

Improving how people move, through and within Oakville

The Town of Oakville, through its transportation master planning process, identified the need to rebuild and widen Kerr Street between Speers Road and Wyecroft Road, including the building of a new underpass at the Lakeshore West GO line. The town is partnering with Metrolinx to move forward with this project and complete it faster. Preliminary work on the project will start in 2019 with construction of the underpass starting as early as the spring of 2020. The work will take up to three years to complete. The current road alignment will remain in place during construction while we build the new road to the west.

This is a major engineering project and the town and Metrolinx will work hard to reduce the impact of construction on businesses, residents and local traffic as much as possible throughout project.

This project will improve traffic flow in the area, and allow Metrolinx to deliver increased GO service levels on the Lakeshore West line using electric trains. For details visit the Metrolinx website.

Streetscape Design — Open House September 13

This portion of the project focuses on the selection of street furnishings and other elements such as light poles, benches, pavers, and railings for Kerr Street, from the rail crossing, south to Speers Road. The town intends to incorporate the selected elements into a conceptual streetscape strategy for future reference and consideration for streetscape improvements within the Kerr Village Growth Area.

Online feedback open until August 31

Accessibility needs?

If you plan to attend the open house and have accessibility needs, please contact Philip Wiersma by September 7 at 905-845-6601, ext. 3795 (TTY: 905-338-4200), email philip.wiersma@oakville.ca

Construction and Design

The Kerr Street Underpass Project is a critical part of the town’s Transportation Master Plan and will include:

building a new underpass at Kerr St. and the Metrolinx railway;

widening Kerr Street from Speers Road to just north of the QEW to allow for two northbound and two southbound lanes, including dual soutbound left turn lanes and a right turn lane at Speers Road; northbound and southbound left turn lanes at Shepherd Road, and a northbound left turn lane at the intersection with Wyecroft Road

shifting the road alignment westerly to keep the underpass as far away from the Sixteen Mile Creek top of bank

Update

On May 2, the Town of Oakville and Metrolinx hosted a public meeting where the community learned about the overall project details, timing and logistics. A second meeting about the overall project will be held later in 2018. Stay tuned!

In spring/summer 2018, Metrolinx will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to build the Kerr St. underpass along with other infrastructure required to expand GO service on the Lakeshore West line. The winning bidder will be selected in late 2018 and will be responsible for the detailed design, planning, staging and construction of the Kerr Street underpass.

Town gets high marks for access to education, a good job market and a welcoming place for new Canadians

In a ranking of 415 cities, towns and villages, MoneySense Magazine has named the Town of Oakville as the best place to live in Canada. The online magazine’s rankings are based on the economy, affordability, safety and culture of each municipality, as well as access to health care services, transit and schools.

“Council is extremely proud our town is being recognized on the national stage,” said Mayor Rob Burton. “Being named the No. 1 Best Place to Live in Canada is an honour we – residents, town staff and Council – have truly earned together as a community.”

This makes five years in a row that Oakville has made it into the top 20 best places to live, and residents who call Oakville home know what makes the town such a great place in which to work, live and play. Here’s why MoneySense says Oakville takes the top spot:

Oakville residents enjoy access to Toronto’s strong job market while maintaining the benefits of a smaller town feel

It is prosperous, but affordable

It is safe, yet easy to get around

It has the type of weather that draws you outdoors to its numerous parks, trails and bike paths

In addition to placing first overall, Oakville scored high in a number of other categories including best city for new Canadians (first place), best city to retire (third place) and best city to raise a family (fifth place).

For more information on the services and programs that make Oakville a great community, visit our website or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.

Towne Square is an important space for the business community and residents. Building on the work done on the downtown streetscape design, a new design for Towne Square will enhance the vibrancy of the neighbourhood and provide more opportunities for public events.

For more information

The town has updated its animal control by-law. In March 2017, town staff held a public consultation meeting to discuss various topics relating to animal control, licensing, standards of care, protective care and enforcement. Staff presented a report and draft by-law to the Community Services Committee on January 22, 2018 and to Council on January 29, 2018. Council requested staff to amend the proposed by-law and to report back in March 2018. Council approved the by-law in April 2018.

Animal control services

Animal control services, including the enforcement of the animal control by-law, are provided by the Oakville & Milton Humane Society. Animal control services include:

At a special meeting of Council last night, Peter Longo was appointed as the new Ward 4 Town Councillor. The appointment is effective immediately and Councillor Longo will remain in office until November 30, the end of the current Council term. Councillor Longo was also appointed to the Administrative Services Committee and will attend the May 22 meeting.

Councillor Longo, a 16-year resident of Oakville, is the current chair of the Halton Region Natural Heritage Advisory Committee, past chair of the regional Ecological and Environmental Advisory Committee and was a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee for Official Plan Amendment 198. He holds a Masters in Environmental Studies (M.E.S.), Environmental Planning from York University and has over 22 years of experience in the health care, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries. Continue reading Oakville Town Council appoints Peter Longo as Ward 4 Town Councillor→